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4/15/2024 Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou hospitalized forcing postponement of Latin American tour
7/13/2023 Gatecreeper recording new album w/ Kurt Ballou
10/31/2022 Infall share single from upcoming record
7/7/2022 End and Cult Leader premiere songs from new split EP
3/8/2022 Come To Grief announce debut album, drop new single feat. Jacob Bannon of Converge
11/30/2021 Modern Life Is War premiere new song
9/28/2021 Converge announce new collaborative album 'Bloodmoon: 1', debut new song
9/13/2021 Russian Circles recording new album
9/3/2021 Cave In recording new album
8/18/2021 With Honor sign to Pure Noise Records, to reissue debut album
8/10/2020 Genghis Tron return from hiatus, recording new album
7/9/2020 Sumac (Isis, Botch, etc.) announce new album
6/8/2020 Year Of The Knife announce debut album, issue new song
3/31/2020 Converge, Red Chord, ex-Job For A Cowboy members launch band
3/19/2020 Converge release 30-minute experimental track
1/16/2020 Year Of The Knife finish recording new album
12/19/2019 Intronaut detail new album 'Fluid Existential Inversions'
11/27/2019 Kvelertak sign with Rise Records, debut new song
9/19/2019 Sun In Shadows announce debut album, stream new song
8/30/2019 Sect (Cursed, Undying) surprise release new LP, share video
7/1/2019 Hesitation Wounds to release new album in August
4/22/2019 Sect (Earth Crisis, Cursed, Undying) recording new album
4/12/2019 Nails release new single, announce tour dates
4/9/2019 Gatecreeper recording new album
1/17/2019 Russian Circles recording new album
12/17/2018 Full Of Hell finishes recording new album
12/2/2018 Wear Your Wounds recording new album
9/14/2018 Modern Life Is War release two songs, debut new video
9/13/2018 Touche Amore to release live album
7/31/2018 Prophecy Productions signs Crowhurst
6/29/2018 Converge release new EP, premiere video
6/8/2018 Modern Life Is War debuts first new song in 5 years
5/26/2018 Cult Leader set to record new album
4/27/2018 Author & Punisher recording new album
4/7/2018 Future Usses (Intronaut) signs with Pelagic Records
3/22/2018 Baptists announce new album, premiere song
2/14/2018 High On Fire recording new album
1/9/2018 Iron Reagan, Gatecreeper announce split LP
10/20/2017 Skeletonwitch recording new album
9/19/2017 Sumac recording new album
8/20/2017 Future Usses (Intronaut, ex-Mouth Of The Architect) launched
2/22/2017 Full Of Hell announces new album
2/15/2017 SECT (Earth Crisis, Fall Out Boy, Cursed) set to record new LP
1/18/2017 Vallenfyre recording new album
1/16/2017 Converge premieres track from 'Jane Doe' live album
12/14/2016 All Pigs Must Die set to record new album
11/15/2016 Wear Your Wounds (Converge) announce debut album
11/7/2016 Iron Reagan announces new album
11/1/2016 Burn recording new album
10/16/2016 Mutoid Man (Converge, Cave In) recording new album
9/13/2016 Darkest Hour begins recording new album
6/28/2016 Helms Alee announce new album, premiere song
6/15/2016 Relapse Records signs Gatecreeper
6/1/2016 Code Orange in the studio with Kurt Ballou
5/17/2016 Russian Circles announce new album, North American tour
5/10/2016 Darkest Hour to record new album with Kurt Ballou
5/4/2016 Meek Is Murder finishes recording new album
4/29/2016 Converge to release 'You Fail Me: Redux'
4/6/2016 Trap Them completes new album
3/15/2016 Trap Them recording new music
3/14/2016 Hark to record new album this fall
3/10/2016 Hardcore 'supergroup' Hesitation Wounds unveil new LP, song
12/1/2015 Nails set to record new album
11/27/2015 Sumac recording new album with Kurt Ballou
8/8/2015 Cult Leader to release new LP, tour North America
5/4/2015 Self Defense Family announce new LP; debut video
4/15/2015 Ramming Speed finishes recording new album
4/3/2015 Four Year Strong announces new album
2/21/2015 Sweet Cobra signs with Magic Bullet for new album
2/16/2015 Magrudergrind sign with Relapse, complete new LP
2/10/2015 High On Fire recording new album
12/11/2014 High On Fire set to record LP; announce tour dates
12/9/2014 Mutoid Man (Cave In, Converge) set to track new LP
12/4/2014 Sumac (Isis, Baptists, Botch) announce debut album
11/12/2014 Cult Leader prepares new album, EP
10/29/2014 Black Breath set to record new album
10/1/2014 Harm's Way recording new album
8/12/2014 White Arms Of Athena record new album
5/28/2014 Self Defense Family reveals ambitious plans for LP
3/6/2014 Relapse Records signs Iron Reagan
3/4/2014 Sweet Cobra completes new album
3/3/2014 Every Time I Die begins recording new album
2/25/2014 Baptists set to record new album
2/5/2014 Torche signs with Relapse Records
1/28/2014 Code Orange Kids set to record new album
1/27/2014 Brutality Will Prevail album set for release
1/15/2014 Vallenfyre enters studio to record new album
12/26/2013 Old Man Gloom prepares new album
12/9/2013 Old Man Gloom in the studio recording
11/27/2013 Vallenfyre set to record new album
11/5/2013 Immortal Bird announces debut EP
9/5/2013 Meek Is Murder completes new album
8/8/2013 Trap Them to record new album this fall
7/23/2013 Converge issues "Summer 2013 Update"
7/15/2013 Modern Life Is War album set for release
7/2/2013 Toxic Holocaust completes new album
5/29/2013 High On Fire to release two live albums
5/28/2013 All Pigs Must Die album due out this summer
4/29/2013 KEN mode records new material for soundtrack
4/1/2013 Modern Life Is War reforms, set to record album
2/20/2013 Prosthetic Records signs Ramming Speed
1/25/2013 Roadrunner Records signs Kvelertak
1/23/2013 Doomriders prepare new album
1/14/2013 Skeletonwitch to record new album in April
1/4/2013 All Pigs Must Die enter studio
11/21/2012 Black Market Activities signs Phantom Glue
10/8/2012 I Hate Our Freedom to release new album in Dec.
9/26/2012 Nails to record new album this winter
9/25/2012 Code Orange Kids debut album set for release
8/27/2012 Kvelertak recording new album with Kurt Ballou
5/17/2012 Gaza album set for July release
4/17/2012 Ramming Speed records new album with Kurt Ballou
3/1/2012 Translation Loss signs Generation of Vipers
2/23/2012 High On Fire to release new album in April
1/23/2012 Converge begins recording new album
1/7/2012 Black Breath completes new album
12/21/2011 High On Fire recording new album
11/29/2011 Southern Lord Recs signs Burning Love
10/25/2011 Racebannon set to release new album
10/14/2011 Gaza set to record new album
10/11/2011 Torche finds new label, recording album
7/19/2011 Black Cobra completes new album
6/29/2011 All Pigs Must Die debut album due in August
4/29/2011 Converge, Dropdead split EP details revealed
3/25/2011 Deathwish Inc. signs Oathbreaker
3/3/2011 All Pigs Must Die sign w/ Southern Lord Recs
2/15/2011 Black Breath announces new album, tour dates
2/15/2011 Rise And Fall prepares new album
2/11/2011 Today Is The Day prepares new album
1/9/2011 Today Is The Day set to record new album
11/2/2010 Converge begins work on next album
9/2/2010 Trap Them to enter studio next week
7/30/2010 The Secret set to release Southern Lord debut
4/6/2010 KEN mode announces new album, tour
2/28/2010 The Secret signs with Southern Lord
2/15/2010 TDB Records signs three bands
12/14/2009 The Carrier recording new album
10/16/2009 Southern Lord Recs signs Black Breath
10/13/2009 Sweet Cobra completes new album
8/18/2009 108 completes new album
3/23/2009 Backstabbers Inc. records EP, shooting video
2/17/2009 Doomriders recording new album
1/12/2009 Lewd Acts recording new album
12/19/2008 Willowtip Records signs three bands
10/18/2008 The_Network completes new album
9/23/2008 The Hope Conspiracy set to record new EP
8/11/2008 Buried Inside set to record new album
6/2/2008 Suicide Note set to release new album
5/16/2008 Artillery Breath set to record new album
5/6/2008 Misery Index recording new album
2/18/2008 Elysia records new album
2/1/2008 Young Widows sign w/ Temporary Residence
1/30/2008 Torche prepares to release Hydra Head debut
1/26/2008 Transistor Transistor completes new album
1/13/2008 Have Heart to record new album in March
1/3/2008 Doomriders prepares new album
12/27/2007 Misery Index to enter studio in May
12/16/2007 Stray From The Path signs w/ Sumerian Records
11/14/2007 Disfear unveils album details
11/6/2007 Blacklisted records new album
11/6/2007 Genghis Tron finishes new album
10/27/2007 Suicide Note to record new album in Jan.
10/26/2007 Jacob Bannon set to record solo material
10/9/2007 Blacklisted prepares to enter studio
9/25/2007 Transistor Transistor set to release new 7"
8/23/2007 Genghis Tron set to enter studio
7/24/2007 Ferret Music signs Elysia
4/13/2007 Trap Them signs w/ Deathwish Inc.
4/10/2007 Coliseum set to enter studio
3/30/2007 Disfear set to record new album
2/28/2007 108 completes new album
2/8/2007 Relapse Records signs Genghis Tron
1/11/2007 Deathwish Inc. signs 108
12/28/2006 Animosity to record new album in April
12/18/2006 Coliseum signs w/ Relapse Records
12/16/2006 Coliseum prepares new album
12/1/2006 Kruger signs with Listenable Records
11/23/2006 Suicide Note prepares new releases
10/17/2006 Blacklisted prepares to record EP
9/27/2006 Divider prepares debut album
7/25/2006 77+K7 set to enter studio
7/19/2006 Adai recording new EP
6/5/2006 Double Or Nothing Recs signs Ignite The Will
5/5/2006 The Hope Conspiracy set to release EP
12/30/2005 The Hope Conspiracy enter studio
12/17/2005 Genghis Tron set to enter studio
8/27/2005 Another Breath book studio time
8/5/2005 Reflections Records signs Rise And Fall
7/31/2005 Hot Cross prepare new album
4/20/2005 Bleeding Kansas tour schedule
3/9/2005 Swarm Of The Lotus sign w/ Abacus Recs
2/14/2005 Converge announce reissue details
1/5/2005 Modern Life Is War recording new album
12/15/2004 Doomriders (Converge, etc.) join Deathwish lineup
12/9/2004 Modern Life Is War signs w/ Deathwish
12/8/2004 Seventh Star prepare to record new album
11/13/2004 Draw Blood and guitarist part ways
9/21/2004 Last Perfection near completion of new album
9/14/2004 Stop It!! album and tour update
9/10/2004 Abacus Recordings signs Bleeding Kansas
9/4/2004 Last Perfection look to replace guitarist
7/13/2004 Last Perfection to record w/ Kurt Ballou
7/10/2004 Breather Resist finishes new album
4/23/2004 Jade Tree Records signs Breather Resist
3/21/2004 Champion recording new album
2/29/2004 Suicide Note set plans to record new album
12/27/2003 Scars Of Tomorrow completes new album
11/26/2003 Mi Amore set to record for LP, split
11/1/2003 Sex Positions recording new album
8/15/2003 Backstabbers Inc. update
7/30/2003 With Honor news and notes
7/18/2003 Eden Maine signs with Fuel Music
7/3/2003 Dead City tour schedule
6/20/2003 Downpour becomes ThePower&TheGlory
6/2/2003 Dead City hooks up with Deathwish Inc.
4/9/2003 Downpour news and notes
3/10/2003 Twelve Tribes to record album this Summer
2/2/2003 Curl Up And Die finishes recording EPs
1/29/2003 Silent Drive (Bane, Dasai) records demo
12/23/2002 EXAM finishing up new full-length
12/15/2002 Curl Up And Die news and notes
11/12/2002 Beecher to record full-length w/ Kurt Ballou
11/5/2002 Embrace Today signs with Deathwish Inc.
10/8/2002 Curl Up And Die to record two albums
9/2/2002 Ramallah records material for Bridge Nine
8/18/2002 Curl Up And Die news and notes
7/4/2002 Revelation Records inks Since By Man
4/22/2002 Hawthorne Street inks Suicide Note project
3/31/2002 Suicide Note finishes recording Ferret debut
3/5/2002 Beyond The Sixth Seal to record w/ Kurt Ballou
2/13/2002 Drowningman enters studio for new LP

News Tidbits
4/27/2017 A new Full Of Hell song (and video) has made its online debut.
12/7/2016 Kurt Ballou is now going to be selling his distortion pedal business card online (have a listen).
11/27/2016 You can use the business card of Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou to build a distortion pedal.
3/23/2016 Kurt Ballou might be mixing the new Dillinger Escape Plan album.
3/10/2015 Mutoid Man has premiered the first new song from their next album.
2/20/2015 Official footage of Converge's performance at This Is Hardcore 2014 is now online.
6/24/2014 Kurt Ballou (Converge) has unveiled a solo track titled "I Need A Doctor."
3/23/2012 Check out a video tour of Kurt Ballou's recording studio, Godcity.

Features
9/27/2013 Skeletonwitch: The Making of Serpents Unleashed (part 3)

Interviews
11/14/2005 Kurt Ballou / Converge interview

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